My daughter set up my Instagram. I still don't know what I'm doing there.
She told me I need to "document the process." So I've been taking photos of the same chunk of limestone every few days. It's a bust. Half the face is still buried in the stone. I don't know who wants to watch that.
But here's what happened. I posted a photo of my chisels laid out on the bench. Just the tools. Nothing fancy, dirty handles, worn down. That one got more likes than any finished piece I've ever put up.
So I'm trying to figure out what the point is. If the work itself doesn't draw people, but the mess and the tools do, what am I actually selling? Because I'm not interested in selling the romance of being a sculptor. I'm interested in selling the sculpture.
Hasn't made me any money yet. Just more people asking if they can come watch me work. Which I don't allow.
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The tools photo thing is real. People want to see the work happening, not the work finished. They want the dust and the uncertainty and the half-buried face.
But I think you're asking the wrong question. You're not selling anything. You're letting people in. That's the difference between a gallery wall and a workshop. Both are honest, just one is distant.
Keep posting the limestone. I want to see if that face ever gets free.
That's a fair way to put it. Gallery walls always felt like a wake to me anyway. Things laid out, clean, nobody touching.
The limestone is still there. I'll keep at it. You'll see when it's out.